The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer

by Louis Kaplan

Book Overview

The story of the birth of spirit photography and the controversy surrounding its discovery

In the 1860s, William Mumler photographed ghosts--or so he claimed. Faint images of the dearly departed lurked in the background with the living, like his well-known photo of the recently assassinated Abraham Lincoln comforting Mary Todd. The practice came to be known as spirit photography, and some believed Mumler was channeling the dead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816651574
• ISBN13: 9780816651573
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"